Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-10-08

l with all the appliances or oilBs niicfeii
 wells, ice machines, etc, suffer muci from sickness in oOnsequsnce. Dunns
 A recent yisit 10 San Carlos found dit
 satisfaction among the Indians 'erl great. snd at one time the danger Of aI
 outbreak was most serious. Between one ,houssnd snd twelve huudred lS dians left their camp and copgreSctec on the western borders Cs the reserve
 tiop, and for c while matters looked
 nose serious and threatening for tht
 people of ArizoDe. It was with tbt
 view of avoiding trouble and for the | Deacs of your territory that l recon | rnended that authority be given for sucL disposition of those Indians as the peace
 of ihe commu Ily, snG justice ss well
 seemed to demand,
 1 in this come, ton l might remark
 that if there Is ore thing about wblcn the press spd people have been p0si unanimous, it Is the removal of the ln' dians from the San COFloG Reser vsflon,
 but is possible that some people have not fully considered that question There are about 5000 Indians on that reserve, and at least IO0O capsbls of bearing arms | If it were possible to surround that body | of Indians scattered over lOOmiles norib D
 and south, and 90 miles east and west, and round ,herasup under guard, to | what point. may 1 ssk, would you re- | move themf YGu certainly cOnld mol remove them t1 Colorado, California, or | New Ne1ico. For the people Of those ! States and thst Territory have enough of | tbeIr own t. look after and want no more. 1 Nor cOull you remove ,he m tO Texas or ! Kansas, and there k s positive law oi | Congress s prohibiting them being sen; 10 | the irGiat. Territory. h my opinion, d | good beginning would have been made | to seDarnte tEe cGmps "a far Hs praciIc- [ aJla. and m such e way es wOu'd not only tereti. tue Indians, but give better | sec4r'y t0 the vhits people, For 1t IS uuct Cusier Co control a small than a ! !slye tscd. The Ni+Gcu. Of such B coarse iis illustrated by the peaceful. indus { tr.ru@ sud pfcgfrsslve condition of the | Pimss, PapagoS end NsricnpFs, situated ! q, 2 .i.ched camps as now pF posed f1r < ,G Sss Carl = Indians. !: vas hot T-o- | commended tat tSCy ahuCld occupy any i.El o~ned ty any white people. or even i 'ha; iil land stjct Wss form, rly theirs | by sac.ed treaty, sui of which they were idispossessed sh0uId b. sesiO. ei Co them, but that they should be- placed oB m occupied SoyarEmeoi land. and surely | tbe government has the und 'sputed | rIgh; tO place and holl I!s wards on eny Military or Indian reservation where they can best be controlled and most ,sily and CcOnom,cilly supplied aud cared for. As the reservation 6t Verde | IS no longer required for military pur- poses good Uso could cOuld be made Of ! Il by Ilsc!lg some Oi the In ciaGs .hefe, :lt it E4s never in- tended !o place thousand or twelve hundred tbe!e gs stated In our article | Others could be Dat On the west side of the CJl0rad rvr. and @ few sent to Mcdowell. Moi -v3 ard Yuma. where they desire tO gO. and To harm would be done any one. l. :aci !ae convsrsiOn fl u ilitaIY pests aO longer required into in- Gusiri6l schools, hes been found prac- ticsble Hnd Gdv veahle. AgsID, 1t is much more economical To keep troops at Verde end Whipple Barracks, where they would be needed if this ch1n0e were made, than for thc government 70 build a mili- thry DO [ st d cost of perhaps flO000O. Gs i. m y have tO iO, on the west side of San Carlos reservation. strengthen the gsrrisons ot Fort Thomas and Apache, and withdraw the gGrTisons from Whip pie Barracks and Verde.
 Bu, aside from all fhI-, there IS one consideration that appears to have been lost sight of en.ir- ly, viz: The present policy snd purpose of the government to break ID large Iaiisn reservations, which tends Co pC pCrpetu ,ts and encour- age superstition. IgnoraUce and fraud and to that end. cooSFesa, after years Of careful consideration, has prepared H law vh!ch Su6TRHtees tO every lCdisL the right tO locate land D severaity, and to encourage the u st. to do It is there fore 0 fact. tho. every Indian now lv- ing OD the San CaIlos reservation could de clare his purpose to Te,Irqui-h D tribal relations and take atysbtHge ot that law uf ooDgfess. He could talk bis family and ~slk or ride Otf thls rcservE- tior. He c1nld go tO the Tonto Basin CT Verde Valley, CT anywhere else Op public lands He could pitch lis tent, h:i l his li,'le house, file E.s deolGra- ton pspers. and sli tha powers Of the goverumsnt would he pledged tO sus,sIn and protect him. Every official, from P-ssideut Cisvc.EEd down 10 the hum b.e5t, including the governor of Arizona and the military c1U.maader Ot this De parimsn,, womb be compelled to recoS- niZe and prO.ec. him il Lis rights. The Interior Department would g:ye him perfect title to his had, snd shis ha- been done in hundreds of cases in the territories and states, and ;he judges on the bench Uo1ld br prompt to recognize | that tile sgslls. al trespassers and dis- | putan s. For such ss the law of the l land, and hy res pecting sE1 obey.ng it. | our ps ople prove tha' they are lsw 6bii- | ing ciiiE sas. A. the zane time ihs h. | iisl wcu;d be emeD-tia to ths civil | lsw. 'he same as Ery ether man. Ba, I | have no dOnbj thaf j: youij bs UOre | bsneficIsl to the Iadians, aud less em- | barrsssing to the 2 vsrumsnt. tU aid srd | encourage them ID their efforts tO peace fully locate Or their native lands TT es | practical m the country GvGiiab!-, thsu | to risk the possibility ot gn outbreak on the reservation. or .o arbitrarily conEue | then m place whsre they must die in slow degrees.
 AS far ss l am concerned, l have 6ut oI @ obieSt-the good Cs all interested ard the desire Co taCiG.ain peace in th Dep rtment. Tn my recon mendatior I u-vt suggested what believed to hs v}se, umgne and practical in the Ralr- -.'4i '-i CitsiCutl FINt-"Li. IT spy Del 'cr c- more ss.i .factcry rlsn can be sug- cnstsd it wonlj receive my cheerful md I'rr;y support.
 N-ry respectfully, your obedisnt ser vau.,
 NrlsoS 4. MILES,
 Bdgsiier General U. S. Army,
 Commanding.
 Government Lands.